For people who have newer PC's using Intel, Look for Intel PTT under Security in your "Bios" settings. That is Intel's version of TPM. One change not getting much attention is that Win 11 kills off the use of BIOS. UEFI only. Also, Secure Boot MUST be on. These changes are not enforced in the Insider Builds, but will be on the GA code. It's unlikely that Boot Camp will be updated to meet all of these requirements. But I expect great success with Parallels (or VMWare).
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Running Windows 11 on a Mac Discussion [Merged]
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This is a windows 11/Mac thread. We have an existing windows 11 thread for PCs here: Windows 11 where your post may get more traction
Update -- Using the instructions here and the copy of Win11 on the SSD, I was able to create a TPM-Free installer iso that Bootcamp accepted.
Pleasingly, it runs a lot better than I expected. While it is slower than the SSD to boot up, and slower to open large programs the first time (until cached) like Word or LibreOffice, the performance is generally acceptable on a 7 year old 5200 rpm HDD.
interesting!
Will this hopefully be an option once windows 11 officially releases?
Can an install like this receive normal updates or will that reenable TPM requirements?
The easiest way is to use Hasleo's WinToUSB, which only runs on Windows.
So, if you don't have a copy of Windows on a PC or under Bootcamp, this is the long way around to do it
- Download and install the Personal Use version of VMWare Fusion
- Download a Windows 10 iso from Microsoft
- Use that to create an installation of Windows 10 under VMWare. Don't bother with licensing, you can use it free for 30 days legally
- Download and create a Windows Insider Win11 iso from UUP Dump
- Format your SSD as FAT32.
- Start up the Windows 10 under VMWare
- Mount the SSD.
- Copy over the Win11 iso from the Mac side
- Download Hasleo's WinToUSB from here and install it under Windows
- Run WinToUSB to apply your Win11 iso to the SSD. Select UEFI partitioning.
- When done, reboot your mac, hold down the Option Key and boot Win11 on the SSD.
- Enjoy
Even after applying the registry hack from here to bypass TPM requirements, you can't accept Windows 11 Insider updates. However, you can still receive normal updates, like the build update that went from 22000.51 to 22000.65, as well as other normal updates.
This is as it is at the moment.
Who knows what will happen with the final official release? With all the bad feedback, MS might even drop the hardware requirements, or make two versions, one with and one without.
I have installed Windows 11 Insiders build on Bootcamp and was able to update to .65 simply fine. It was offered through Windows Update. I boot directly to Bootcamp, not using any virtualization software.
There is a trick to proceed with installing Windows 11 Insiders Build on your Mac Mini with Bootcamp. Google for "Windows 11 Bootcamp DLL" to find a few videos or web pages that explain how to do it. Worked for me, and even the recent update got installed simply fine. No need for using virtualization software.
Not only that but the only PC s it will work on are ones 3 years old or under acording to what reviewers have been saying. Here is a video
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I just read this about Windows 10
Microsoft issues warning to ALL Windows 10 users: You need to follow these steps now
MICROSOFT has issued a stark warning to Windows 10 users about a new zero-day flaw, which could allow hackers to delete or steal your personal data, create new accounts on your PC, and much more. 
. How many people still use Windows 7 ?
My understanding is you can no longer get around the TPM requirements in the newer builds.
Anyone expecting Microsoft to drop this requirement are fooling themselves. MS fear government punishment over ransomware and other hacks. This is all for security and they will not walk back.
Anyone expecting Microsoft to drop this requirement are fooling themselves. MS fear government punishment over ransomware and other hacks. This is all for security and they will not walk back.
We will see what happens over the next year or so as organisations find they need to shell out for new hardware to upgrade to Win 11.
You might be surprised, having the latest OS hasn't been that important in Windows land like it is in Mac/iOS land. As an IT Manager I can tell you I wont be complaining about Windows 11 needing new hardware. The OS just isn't that important, it's what we run that is. New PC's will get Win11, but maybe nothing else, even if they can run it. (except my own test machines of course)
I will not be doing this, ironically because Microsoft has embraced open source with .NET. Windows is not the essential tool for .NET development it used to be. I can use Linux to develop .NET apps too. SQL Server also runs on Linux and it can run on a Mac through a Docker container.
I tried Windows 11 on my Alienware x17 laptop. I found that Google Chrome had serious graphics issues that I didn't have in Windows 10 or any other app.
I also had issues with Star Trek Online. It would load to just a black screen, the cursor changed into the the blue, spinning circle, and nothing would happen. After pressing my mouse a few times, I'd get the "This program stopped responding" message. Not the best built app, but it would at least run on Windows 10.
Definitely downgraded back to Windows 10.
I also had issues with Star Trek Online. It would load to just a black screen, the cursor changed into the the blue, spinning circle, and nothing would happen. After pressing my mouse a few times, I'd get the "This program stopped responding" message. Not the best built app, but it would at least run on Windows 10.
Definitely downgraded back to Windows 10.
I do IT work, as well. With the upped system requirements, I have to wonder if Microsoft will take a page from Apple's book and up the requirements more frequently now? By extension, will app developers take advantage of any new features?
Hard to tell. I mainly just want my applications to run and if they run in 11, good, if not, no 11!
I kind of hope Microsoft doesn't do what Apple does. Sure, the various Apple OSes are great and all, but it's hard to support an entire company/school district if various versions of the OS have different features. The frequent "You need a newer version of the OS to run this app" just makes it hard. I'm lucky to work in a school district since we get the summers off. With that, we can upgrade our fleet of devices fairly easily.